From: Ailbhe
Subject: [FAQ] The AFP Recipe Archive
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Summary: This FAQ documents the history and working of the alt.fan.pratchett
recipe archive.
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The AFP Recipe Archive FAQ
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1) What is the AFP Recipe Archive?
2) Using the AFP Recipe Archive
3) Adding to the AFP Recipe Archive
4) Your feedback
1) What is the AFP Recipe Archive?
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Once upon a time, a rodent and a piece of household
plumbing noticed that people were posting a large number
of recipes to alt.fan.pratchett and thought it was a good
idea to collect them in one place. So they did. Tap
(tap@lspace.org) and Hamster (hamster@lspace.org) created
an archive which could be accessed by email or with a web
browser, and they collected all the recipes from afp and
added them as they were posted.
Then they got lives.
So now I (ailbhe@lspace.org) maintain the AFP Recipe
Archive. It may become completely automated at some point
in the future, at which point I will be able to get a
life, too.
2) Using the AFP Recipe Archive
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On the WWW:
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Go to and browse through the
list of recipes at your leisure.
Email:
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To request the index of all recipes, send email to
with the Subject line "send index",
as shown below:
To: recipes@lspace.org
Subject: send index
To request a specific recipe, send email to
with the index number in the Subject
line. For example, to request the recipe for Albert's
Fried Porridge (number 9), you would use:
To: recipes@lspace.org
Subject: send 9
3) Adding to the AFP Recipe Archive
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Email only
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To submit your own recipe, send email to
with the Subject line "submit
Recipe", as shown below:
To: recipes@lspace.org
Subject: submit Granny's Boiled Bootlaces
The recipe goes in the body of the mail. All submissions
are manually added to the database by my team of trained
mon^Wprimates, but spelling errors will be retained for
authenticity, humour value, and blackmail potential.
Web:
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You cannot, yet, submit recipes through a web interface.
We will investigate this if there is sufficient demand.
4) Your Feedback:
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We always appreciate feedback and comments on the recipes
or on the email interface. Please send email to
recipe-owner@lspace.org with your comments.
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AFP Recipe Archive, currently maintained by ailbhe@lspace.org and a
small team of trained bipeds.
recipes@recipes.lspace.org